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.00 Most Phenomenal Sale oo HI IITOL .00 FOR THIS VISIT ONLY* Glasses Per Elsewhere Eye Glasses at THE CRYSTAL OPTICAL CO., OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Wishes to Announce That Their Specialist ThyFriday adSaturdayb8-9-10 E Will Be In Laurens, at the Laurens hotay Frda an aturday;Feb. DasThrafe OUR OBJECT OUR OPT In making this remarkable offer of $5.0(0 glasses for $1.00 a pair is simply to introduce our service inreyolnthn your corninunity as well as ur Glasses. Our Glasses have et with great success by many lpersons who iiiar examine all ho now wearing thenm and are meeting with the same lutely fle results wherever they are introduced. Kryptok Invisible Bifocals Will Not Confuse You OU ' ~WILL POSITiVL EiE L AN Y : ABOUTTHHEDADYS Yo CanS as eNalroandaFarlWith SameiLeoses That thef above t 'eriof glasses, valued at $5.o0 lsi 'I, .+I r -t . -u" ti Ilr . 1 tl'il 'tlil '-.i 'i Iiul ty i it st v s . / J - -.-L_ , _ .l....:_ . "" ;3 -. * -:. D o n' __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ You Can See Near and Far With Same Lenses D nt Frgei heD tsT urdy REMEMBER I1X\\FEBRUR 8-10 That the a(11o1'e offer of glasses, valued at $5).00 else- OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED FOR FIVE YEARS wherefor 1.00a par isfor his isitonly AllBI- 'are' or persons who call at yout home and claim to represent us as we have no OFC 1118 :0A .t .M w'here for $1.00t a pair is for this visit only. All B3I FOCAl S and PRESCRIPTION GROUND LENSES traveling representatives $2.50 and up )I'RING THIS SALE. Regular prices CRYSTAL OPTICAL COMPANY wvill prevail afteri this visit. If your. time islitecalaryndvolthru. 225 Jefferson County Bank Bldg., Blirminghaum, Ala. We ask you not to conhilse our remai~rkablle offer with such offers that have been imade at other places by men wh'lo are not. responsible, nor were they established ; as to usleyuko eatywa.t x p~e(t When v''ul buy from The Crystal Optical Co. We guarantee our work and glasses for five years. In this particular line, Tfhe crystal Optical Co., is selliti o oefryormnyta o oud1 ptssib~ly obtain elsewhere. Don 't forget the sale will be for three days only. An examination is cheerfully asked, with the understading that yo needn't. u U OTCY YOU. FOR NEW RIAlLiOAD Carocina lapid Transit Voi'pa niy Hears of Plan for Electric Line From Spartanburg to Laurens and Clinton. The most important action taken Wednesday at the meeting in Spartan burg of the Carolina Rapid Transit Company was the passage of a resolu tion authorizing J. F. .Jaeobs, the gen eral chairman to complete the work of r~ecuring rights of way for the pro posied road and to compile a con inercial report which will-be. circulat ed among the stockholders and among prospective purchasers of bonds. It was ascertained that there is now Iii .ash on hand about $1,600 and this sum was placed at Mr. Jacobs' dis posal. The meeting was called to order promptly at 10:30 o'clock in the rooms of the Spartanhurg (hamber of Com merce. Present were: Paul V. Aloore, secretary; W. L. Gray, Laurens; A. M. Law, Spartan burg; T. 13. Thiack cston, Cediar Springs; Dr. W. I. Patton, Cross Anchor; It. P. Rlorgan, Union, and .. \W. Copeland Clintton. OIther citizens interested inl the new road w ere present as follows: O. W. Ilarrisoan, \alinut Grove; .1. E Ninter, Sodalia : Conn, secretary of the Union Chanber of Commerce; A It. Ca!verl, I. 11. Il ruo , F. it. Knox Dr. N. 1". \\alker. .\MetI'a i, sec retart o~t the Lauren Chanho ~I Commere nd( ot ter:a. \lin o i ~ll (j la I eeing w'er t 1(ad andl plr d and teid Tull ent gin e.er in iml, .s almutted a lId (tiled 01por. lea l with (hies Iar (y. v whi1h r4po t wa a ( cte siid a i., fora,:~ i41n. It wai (' ll t oii ut th i ra lieall. ail aluone Y is h r ufore cotribute, h~ave" bei (,Iexhau .Ie, wvith the ex celption of $1.161, pa id inl (Inlite re cently. ('Hlton ha., pa:idl her sill seription of 1,.ilnn in full and al. yep 1erday's meeting W. I,. (Gray present edl a elcivk in full paylent for lau rens' share. SpIartanhlrg has pai $2.3,1.5 of Iter $3,000 assessmtent. A commiiittee was appointed to ac cumulate data relative to the ne railroad and to distribtue the sam in places where it will be calculate to do the most good. Topography. Concerning the topography of t country through which the road woul run Mr, Tull says in his report: "The country traversed Is exceet ingly hard to build a railroad throug Proposed Routes of New Railway -roAifv _L~a ~~ ORW. oA1lA A " .ALWAY N 3 AU6 TOW VASt11H Tj6 P -- - 1 I.$ gJ NCM N Co " PAUJIN; , HOBD / Q1N NN r tor an2f As to th clas of c t .., I 1, -- a .~th ln aee hIn L e IL d t'ourtesy of Jacobs &i Compatny. owing to tho fact that the lines in low the ridges ror some distance, ceeding the average cost for rallros e most instances are running at right which brings some sections of the construction in the piedmont section d angles to the main water courses, lines to a low construction cost while Class of Constrnutin. making it necessary to have deep cuts other sections run very high. On an As to the class of construction ti land fills and very high bridges. In average though the lines as a whole report says: h some instances we were able to fol- cean be constructed at a cost not ex- "The proposed roadbed is to be standard cross section; width Qf base in cuts to be 20 feet with wide slopes one to one, with of base on fills to be 16 feet with side slopes one and one-half to one. "All bridges and culverts are to be of concrete, cast iron and steel except in a few instances it is proposed to use wooden frame trestles which are to be filled in when the road has been in operation for several years. "The main line track is to consist of 80-pound open hearth standard section steel ralls laid on tirst class cross ties and each rail joint bonded with copper bonds equal in eros sec tional area to the trolley wire. The track is not figured for rock ballast as it is best to do the ballasting after the road has been put in operation. Side tracks are to be laid with smaller sections of second-hand steel rail on second class cross ties. "The overhead construction is to be of Catenary type using 7-11 mes senger wire and 4-0 c'opper trolley and feeder wire, placing poles 15) feet on tangents and 105 feet on curves, using wooden cross-irons for feeders, and message wires and steel arms for messenger and trolley wire su1pport. It is proposed to build three ca1r barns, one at Sparitanlurg, one at l'nion and at either La4urens or -Clin ton, also two sub-stations, one locat' rd at or near Glenn Springs and one at Cross Anchor. "The depots are to be combIlination fri-ight a d passenger except where i would be possible to go into i unio station with other railroads for pis "The eqluipmnent is estimnat-d of uising iitree 60-toll (ele rie loc o iotive: for freight service and six three-coii partment interurban passenger ear: (quipped with motors for passeng-e service. Also two cabooses, six fla (ar's and six lever aers for use Ii freight and maintenance service." j Mr. Tull also sibmlitted the follow ing relative to the cons-atrletioii of a electric road from Spartanhurgg I L.aurens and Clinton. ]toute No. 1--65.92 miles, connect ing Spartanhur, l'nion, Laurens an Clinton via Cedar Springs, Golightl3 Pauline, IBrown's store, Cross Ancho Poole's cross road and the Ilaile place; branching at Pauline to Unio via Gleen Springs, West Springs an Buffalo; branching at the Bailey plac d to Laurens via Watts mill, and Clinto via Lydia mill. Estimated cost of ti route $2,708,843. e Route No. 2-66.36 miles, connec lng .Spartenburg, gnion, Laurens ar >f Clinton fia Ceda 'Sprnks, 'bler Sprigs, Brown's store, Cross Anchor, . Poole's cross roads and the Bailey place; branching at Glenn Springs to Union via West Springs and Buffalo; branching at the Bailey place to Laurens and Clinton via Watts mill and Lydia mill. Estimated cost $2, 733.000. Route No. 3-69.66 miles, connect ing Spartanburg, Union, Laurens and Clinton via Arkwright mill, Stone sta tion, Walnut Grove, Brown's store, Cross Anchor Poole's cross roads and the Bailey place; branching at Stone statiin to Union via Pauline, Glenn Springs, Vest Springs and Buffalo; branching at the Bailey place to LuA rens and Clinton via Watts mill and Lydia mill. Estiamted cost $2,714,472. Route No. 4-70.89 miles, connect- / ing Spartanburg, Union, Laurens and ( ,Clinton via Arkwright, Stone station, Walnut Grove, Nesbitt's bridge, Hob byville, Cross Anchor and the Bailey place; branching at Stone station to lUnion via Pauline, Glenn springs and Buffalo; branching at Bailey place to Laurens and Clinton via Watts mill andi Lydia mill. Estimated cost $2, 856,029. The estimate of cost in each in stance includes excavations, cot cret(, steel bridges, tinher trestles, highway crossings, main line track, side tracvks, main line overhead, sidetrack overhead, sub-stations, four large depots, five small depots, 10 flag station depots, three (ar barns, three G0-ton electric locomotives, six Interurban passenger cars, six flat 'tars, six lever cars, etc. Chief Engineer Tall in his report says "There are other rou1tes which (an he worked out very nicely to eon nect the four cities mentioned but aA the four routes suggested above are in my opinion the economical ones, I at not going into the details of the others at this time untless it is decid i-d to cuit oult one or more of the cities, instead of going from Cross Anchor to the Mailey place and branching there to Laurens and Clin ton, we would go direct to either Lau rens or Clinton, and then build a lino between these two points. This would cost a considerable sum more and at the same time would increase the ! mileage." d -- e Preaching at Beaverdian, n s There will be preaching service at Beaverdam church Sunday afternoon, I- February 4th, at 3 o'clock, by - Rev. d It, 0. Lee, A full congregation Is de-' n sired.